The Rise of the Third Reich

On February 25, 1922, in the British Consulate in Boulogne, British Prime Minister Lloyd George shook hands with his right-hand man Raymond Poincaré, who had become French Prime Minister again more than a month ago. This thought came to mind: God must have abandoned the French people. Their lives are too decadent, their love is too casual, and their ideas are too weird. They seem to have schizophrenia!

On January 6, when the Supreme Council of the Allied Powers met in Cannes, France to discuss issues related to the Genoa Conference, the French Prime Minister was still the leftist Virgin Briand. Everyone made a good point at that time: let the Germans lose less money, and at the same time let them hand over control of the Reichsbank, accept financial supervision from the Allies, and issue a new mark pegged to the pound...

In fact, it was to allow Germany to surrender unconditionally again - handing over the right to issue their currency and giving Britain complete control of their economy to ensure that Germany would not embark on the path of militarism again.

What a great thing! Give the Germans a bite to eat, let them work hard to pay off their debts, and the economic lifeline is still in the hands of the British...

But as soon as the Cannes Conference ended, the French government led by Briand collapsed again. Raymond Poincaré, who didn't think about anything and just wanted to drive Germany crazy, organized a political party alliance called the "National Group", regained power, and became the Prime Minister of France again.

"Mr. Prime Minister, I'm back!" Raymond Poincaré hugged Lloyd George very enthusiastically, "We can work together to deal with the Germans again!"

Neuropathy! The British Prime Minister thought feebly: France is a lunatic. One moment he wants to marry Germany, and the next moment he wants to stab the German guy to death with scissors. It would be difficult for the Germans not to be crazy to become neighbors with such a country on land.

"So the agreement at the Cannes Conference..." Lloyd George said with a fluke, "in fact, it is already very harsh. Germany will become a country without monetary sovereignty. This is another unconditional surrender economically. !”

"No, that's not unconditional surrender!" Raymond Poongarai said, "They should fulfill their obligation to pay compensation. If they can't come up with gold, they should compensate it in kind and fulfill their obligation to pay production collateral. If they can't complete it, , then our army and the Belgian army will occupy the entire Ruhr area in accordance with the treaty to supervise them to complete their tasks."

It’s over! God has really abandoned the French!

"However, this will cause the collapse of the peaceful and democratic forces within Germany." Lloyd George said earnestly, "Ludendorff's party (no one took Hitler seriously at this time, only Ludendorff) will Get more supporters in an election.”

"So what? We have defeated Germany once, can't we defeat Germany a second time?"

Who do we mean? Lloyd George wanted to know: Britain, France and the United States, or France and Poland?

"If France retracts its position in Cannes, the United States will not send representatives to attend the Genoa Conference." Lloyd George said.

If France continues to press for debt, it means that Germany's currency reform cannot be started. If so, why would Americans come to Genoa? To endorse Britain and France's policy toward the Soviet Union? Will the Americans not negotiate with the Soviet Union themselves?

“France, England, Belgium and Poland are enough!”

Enough shit! Lloyd George was full of complaints: The one we had to deal with at the Genoa Conference was not Germany, but also Soviet Russia! If the Americans were to contact the Soviet Union alone, would the Genoa Conference be a farce? If the Genoa Conference fails, my Prime Minister will also come to an end (Fat Qiu and Curzon are already dithering over the signing of a trade agreement with the Soviet Union. If the Genoa Conference fails to satisfy them, the Conservative Party will fall). The Labor Party may be the one who comes to power at that time. You want the Labor Party to support the war unless the sun rises from the west!

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"Okay, now Joseph Wirth and Val T. Rathenau can't step down!"

Admiral Sekter placed a copy of the telegram just sent by Hersman on his desk. The telegram was sent by Canaris from Genoa. The director of the Stasi's foreign intelligence department is a man of great power. Everything that is happening and what is about to happen at the Genia conference is under his surveillance.

Although the meeting in Boulogne more than a month ago had already decided the outcome of the Genoa meeting. However, Wal T. Rathenau still tried his best to mediate, hoping to obtain surrender terms that were more favorable to Germany.

But the French would not allow Germany to surrender! Not only was there no slack in the amount of compensation, but Germany was also required to fully fulfill its obligation to deliver "production collateral" - in early 1922, because Germany was unable to pay compensation, France, Belgium and Italy agreed to a two-year moratorium on repayment, but required Germany pays production collateral on a monthly basis. More than one million tons of coal are delivered every month, and a large amount of wood is also delivered.

Originally, Germany was able to complete its delivery tasks, but the rapid depreciation of the mark began to severely impact German production. If there had not been an agreement on the issuance of a new mark at the Genoa Conference, it would have been impossible for Germany to complete its delivery mission in 1922.

Now, Britain and France officially announced at the Genoa Conference that they have decided to cancel the discussions on German reparations and modifications to the Treaty of Versailles that were originally scheduled to be held at the conference.

In other words: the new mark is far away, the German economy will completely collapse, and it is simply impossible to complete the task of paying production collateral...

"Ludwig, if the Genoa Conference fails completely, how many Socialist MPs can you win over?"

Seckter’s question shows that he wants to push for impeachment!

"Your Majesty General, the current conditions are not mature." Hersman's answer made Sekter stunned for a moment.

“Aren’t there enough people supporting it?”

"No, it's not." Hersmann shook his head. "The impeachment will definitely succeed - even if the Social Democratic Party (the Independent Social Democratic Party has merged with the Social Democratic Party) is solidly united, we can still try to prevent some of its members from attending for some reason. But... French and Belgian troops will occupy the Ruhr area in January next year! How will we cope if Field Marshal Hindenburg becomes president?”

beat? it's out of the question. Not fighting is non-resistance...

"Will you really occupy the Ruhr area?" Schleicher was also in the office.

There is now a "conspiracy group" within the German Wehrmacht. The leader is Seeckt, and the backbone is Schleicher, the director of the political department, Hersmann, the director of the intelligence department, Lieutenant Colonel Bock, chief of staff of the 3rd Military District in Berlin, Major General Lundstedt, commander of the 2nd Cavalry Division, and others. . Basically, they are all officers who can be regarded as confidants by Admiral Sekter.

They wanted to oust President Albert and replace him with Hindenburg or Ludendorff. However, they do not want to launch a blatant coup and hope to act within the scope of "allowance by law". It is not because there is no guarantee that the coup will succeed, but because they are afraid that there will be no way to clean up the mess after the coup succeeds.

"Yes, definitely!" Hessmann said, "So we should dissolve the parliament again and hold an election after they occupy the Ruhr area. In this way we will definitely be able to gather the seats needed to hold impeachment... I think that the Nazi Party and the people It would be best if the party’s number of seats could be increased to more than 100 seats.”

"What about the Rul District?" Sekter asked.

"We can call a general strike in the Ruhr and Saarland regions!" Hersmann said. "At the same time, the economy will be transferred to wartime mode and a strict rationing system will be implemented to combat inflation."

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